32 week bumpdate!

I can't believe I've been so busy with work and decorating at home that I haven't done a bump date since 27 weeks - sorry for being so rubbish!

So here we are, writing this at 33 +1, but we haven't taken this week's photo yet, plus it's officiallyther Easter Weekend so this one seems far more appropriate ;)

The third trimester has been lovely. Hormones have been flying and I've been quite short-tempered, but because that's not naturally who I am I find it hard to ever actually act on it! But boy oh boy, sometimes I hear my brain shouting JUST SHUT UP!!! at people. 

I've LOVED finally having a big enough bump to warrant looks in the street, people offering to carry things for me, and people giving up seats for me. That's one thing I am massively grateful for - my bump isn't huge, I probably don't look nearly 8 months pregnant, but HOLY JUSTIN BIEBER it's hard carrying around 5lbs of baby! It's tiring, but more than that, it throws your whole centre of gravity off balance. I have to make an extra effort not to walk into things, and make sure I have enough room to get through smaller doorways and walkways.

Some of the less glamorous symptoms have been quite testing, but we'll save them for when I write a book for something! 

I have got three weeks left at work which I am super excited about - it's going crazily fast, and training 2 new people as well as doing my job properly has been tiring and emotionally draining. I am definitely ready to go, but I know these next 3 weeks are going to be busy busy busy! At least it means they'll go fast! 

CRAVINGS

Pregnancy is weird when it comes to cravings. 

I always expected to be laying in bed at 2am and sending hubs to the garage for gherkins and peanut butter, because I NEEDED them. It's not like that at all.

One day, I'll eat 6 oranges and still fancy 6 more. I'll really fancy a certain food and nothing else really satisfies the craving until you get it, whether it's that day or another. And then you finally get what you fancy and it doesn't taste the same - that KFC toasted twister I was so excited about? It tasted like peanuts. Just peanuts.

But I did realise this week I have a 3rd trimester craving. The 1st trimester was wotsits, bananas and oranges. 2nd trimester was thai noodles, bananas and oranges. This trimester I've eaten us out of house and home with oranges and bananas, and am now massively loving natural Greek yogurt with honey. I've always loved it, but if I eat a pot, I immediately need another. In fact I'm sat here with an empty pot in front of my and an empty fridge and if it weren't for the fact I'd need to put clothes on, I'd be running to Lidl for more.

NURSERY UPDATE

The window is finished and the plastering is set. 

We had a quote from our usual decorator to paint the room which was slightly higher than we hoped for, especially considering I am providing 90% of the paint from both Rustoleum and Valspar, but he's doing a few extras like painting the skirtings, the radiator and the cupboards, all in two days, so I guess we can justify it.

They're coming next week, so hopefully if all goes to plan, this time next week I will be able to share the first photos of a newly painted nursery!

Once that's done, it's just the carpet before we can crack on with the fun bits ;)

MIDWIFE CHECKS

So you know we have opted for a home water birth, which means we get our midwife appointments at our house more often than not. It's lovely, as it feels far less formal and I think it helps the midwife feel comfortable in our home, which is going to be a massive thing when she gets that 11pm WE'RE IN LABOUR! phone call in a few short weeks time...! 

At our 28 week appointent where they do the usual - nump measurement, heartbeat and blood pressure, baby was measuring spot on. But at 31 weeks she was still measuring at 28 weeks. It meant we had to be referred for a growth scan - we had an appointment for a week later and that week was very stressful. I tried not to worry but you do, and it completely overtook my mind. Happily though, the scan went amazingly and they said she's 57th centile for her abdominal size and 87th centile for legs, so she's going to be a lanky little thing! But all in all, everything was spot on. Her head is also really low - they joked that she's waiting for the exit to open!

SO that's pretty much it for week 32-33! 

We have another appointment at 34 weeks, so I'll be sure to update you all then.  

In the meantime, be sure to check out my next post all about the amazing Baby Shower I was thrown yesterday!!!

xoxo